The Unthinkable

“Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

One Saturday afternoon, over a month ago, I tweeted that I was considering changing my blog’s theme. There were things that I wanted to try and I was hoping to get a new look and feel…something fresher, cleaner, and more modern, so I asked for some opinions and feedback.

I have since wondered how many times she regretted answering my tweet.

She was so incredibly patient with me as I tried to boil down exactly what it was that I wanted.

She listened to me rattle on about font choices, plug in options, SEO questions, and which shade of brown I should use, the toasty brown or the grayish brown?

Sigh. Poor Ashley.

When Craig reached out to her today to thank her for her patience (read: insanity), she replied that she loves to “pay it forward.”

That she did. And then some.

Thank you, Ashley. You are an amazing friend and I will never forget your generosity. I only hope that I can help you similarly one day soon.

Ashley blogs over at Just Another Mom of 2. Please leave a comment for her here telling her how amazing (read: crazy) she is and then pay her a visit on her blog and say hello. You can also find her on Twitter, where I do hope that she learned a lesson about offering help.

Ashley has been my bloggygodmother (I have a coffemug that says so!) and you're right: she's amazingly patient and a dream to work with. I ADORE HER!
And yes, she has inspired me to pay it forward. An absolute angel…much like you, my friend.

It looks great! I’m in limbo right now in preparations for making the move from blogger to WP. I’ll put headway on my list of themes. It’s very clean, simple, fresh, and very easy to look at, all of which are so important. Congrats!

Oh, and in my indecision about whether or not I should move, what should I do, how should I handle it….I have gotten nothing but great advice from twitter. Such a lovely community.

Thank you for the reminder to pay it forward in my own life. Congrats on the new layout! Looks great!

jfarelyn

10:54 pm, Mar 11, 2011

I love the redesign, and it inspires me to keep my blog clean and uncluttered and simple. So that the photos and words I do share have the impact I want them to. I love what the two of you came up with!